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briefed against

briefed against is the simple past and past participle of brief against.

Meaning of brief against

Verb

brief against (third-person singular simple present briefs against, present participle briefing against, simple past and past participle briefed against)

  1. (transitive) To harm the reputation of (someone or something) by making unfavorable or demeaning comments about (someone or something).

Questions about briefed against

What is briefed against the simple past and past participle of?
Briefed against is the simple past and past participle of brief against.

Words near briefed against in the dictionary

  1. briefcaseful
  2. briefcasefuls
  3. briefcases
  4. briefe
  5. briefed
  6. briefed against
  7. briefen
  8. briefened
  9. briefening
  10. briefens
  11. briefer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: briefed against (page history and authors); brief against (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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